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AGRICULTURE 





Care of daily. A certain percentage of eggs are 



chickens 



expected to prove unfertile, but not neces- 

 sarily 50% as I have known to be the case, 



Cyphers Three-Apartment Unequalled Outdoor Brooder, 

 Style A (Front View) 



from careless handling. Then the first three 

 weeks of a chicken's life is a most delicate 

 time when artificially hatched, as so many die 

 in these early weeks from cold or damp, or 

 improper feeding. 



The Anglo-American Poultry Company have 

 brought out some excellent brooders, which 



